Big Brother: Three new contestants enter the house

Three new female housemates will join the Big Brother house tonight, Channel 4
has confirmed.

By Daniel Macht

1:47PM BST 04 Jul 2008

The newcomers will include a model who has appeared in a Lynx advert, a "sexy executive PA" and a theatre director in her 40s.

They will be the next in line to compete for the reality programme’s £100,000 prize.

But a Big Brother spokeswoman said the trio would not be revealed until after 22-year-old part-time model Jennifer Clark or chef Rex Newmark, 24 has been voted out.

Clark is the bookmaker’s favourite for ejection, which would dissolve a love triangle between her and two other housemates.

She would also be the third contestant voted off the show, following students Stephanie McMichael and Sylvia Barrie.

Big Brother’s producers previously threw out two other housemates, Alexandra De Gale and Dennis McHugh, in response to aggressive, intimidating behaviour.

De Gale, an accounts executive, had allegedly threatened to unleash her "gangster friends" on housemates, while McHugh, a dancer, was removed for spitting in another's face after a row over a smeared painting.

Both incidents sparked police probes.

Darnell Swallow, the Ipswich-born songwriter, is the new favourite to win this ninth season, having moved ahead of Thai massage therapist Katreya Kasisopa, according to Ladbrokes.